»Educatio liberorum. Canon Law Aspects in the Context of Marriage, Family and Pastoral Care«: The upbringing of a child is based on the postulate of generating judgment competence in the context of freedom and responsibility. Following on the historic processing of the >educatio liberorum< in the Catholic Church up to the present the particular focus is put on the parameters of human dignity and the freedom of worship from a child's perspective. The explicit, normative recognition of the legal subjectivity of the child is demanded. The rights of the child result in the postulate of legal protection of family as an institution. The legal asset of Christian education implies particular duties of the parents as prime bearer and is a broad matter in the pastoral care of the church.